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Game Preview: BOS @ BAL, 7:05pm, Friday, May 30, 2008 @Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Boston Red Sox, 32-24, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 up in WC

SP: Josh Beckett (28, RHP, 5-4, 4.43)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BAL Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-4)             61    55  31  30  11  65 10    4.43      
 2007 (20-7)           200.2 189  76  73  40 194 17    3.27      
 2006 (16-11)          204.2 191 120 114  74 158 36    5.01      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-3  49.2  47  23  22   6  54  9    3.99   58 
 2008-05-24   @OAK   L   7     7   2   2   0   9  1     107   64 
 2008-05-18    MIL   W   7     6   6   6   1   9  4     107   49 
 2008-05-13   @BAL   L   5.2  11   5   5   2   5  1      97   30 
 2008-05-08   @DET   W   7     6   1   1   0   8  0     102   69 
 2008-05-03    TBR   W   8     7   4   4   1   5  2     100   56 
 2008-04-27   @TBR   L   7     4   2   1   1  13  1     107   75 
 2008-04-17   @NYY   W   8     6   3   3   1   5  0     105   62 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BAL      2-2  33.1  37  16  16   6  34  4    4.32   53 
 2008-05-13   @BAL   L   5.2  11   5   5   2   5  1      97   30 
 2007-09-09   @BAL   W   7     7   2   2   0   8  2     116   63 
 2007-08-11   @BAL   W   8.2   8   2   2   0   8  0     113   68 
 2007-07-31    BAL   L   8     9   5   5   2   6  1     107   48 
 2007-05-13    BAL  ND   4     2   2   2   2   7  0      64   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-5    Road:   11-19   ExtrInn: 1-1 
 vsRHP:  26-22   vsLHP:   6-2    1-Run:   9-8 
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:12-5    vsWest:  9-8  IL: 3-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Wed, May 28  @SEA  L   0-1       32-24  2nd  1.5 gb
 55 Tue, May 27  @SEA  L   3-4       32-23  2nd  0.5 gb
 54 Mon, May 26  @SEA  W   5-3       32-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 53 Sun, May 25  @OAK  L   3-6       31-22  2nd  0.5 gb
 52 Sat, May 24  @OAK  L   0-3       31-21  1st  0.5 up
 51 Fri, May 23  @OAK  L   3-8       31-20  1st  1.5 up
 50 Thu, May 22   KCR  W  11-8       31-19  1st  2.5 up
 49 Wed, May 21   KCR  W   6-3       30-19  1st  2.0 up
 48 Tue, May 20   KCR  W   2-1       29-19  1st  1.0 up
 47 Mon, May 19   KCR  W   7-0       28-19  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:17-13
Baltimore Orioles, 26-26, 4th, 5 GB, 4 GB in WC

SP: Daniel Cabrera (27, RHP, 5-1, 3.70)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (5-1)             73    64  30  30  30  42 10    3.70      
 2007 (9-18)           204.1 207 133 126 108 166 25    5.55      
 2006 (9-10)           148   130  82  78 104 157 11    4.74      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  50.1  42  17  17  16  28  5    3.04   58 
 2008-05-25   @TBR  ND   5.2   9   4   4   6   1  1     118   30 
 2008-05-20   @NYY   W   7     5   2   2   0   4  1      86   63 
 2008-05-14    BOS   W   7    10   3   3   0   3  2     103   48 
 2008-05-08   @KCR   W   9     3   1   1   1   7  0     116   83 
 2008-05-03   @LAA   L   7.1   6   3   3   2   6  0     102   58 
 2008-04-28   @CHW  ND   6.1   4   2   2   7   2  1     102   52 
 2008-04-23   @SEA   W   8     5   2   2   0   5  0      95   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS      1-4  29    34  15  15  14  27  4    4.66   48 
 2008-05-14    BOS   W   7    10   3   3   0   3  2     103   48 
 2007-09-07    BOS   L   3.2   6   3   3   2   4  0      75   39 
 2007-09-02   @BOS   L   6     5   3   3   4   7  1     117   53 
 2007-04-25    BOS   L   6.2   5   3   3   5   5  1     117   52 
 2006-09-12    BOS   L   5.2   8   3   3   3   8  0     109   46 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   16-8    Road:   10-18   ExtrInn: 2-2 
 vsRHP:  21-19   vsLHP:   5-7    1-Run:  12-8 
 vsEast: 11-13   vsCntrl: 5-4    vsWest:  8-8  IL: 2-1 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 53 Wed, May 28   NYY  L   2-4       26-26  4th  5.5 gb
 52 Tue, May 27   NYY  W  10-9 (11)  26-25  4th  4.5 gb
 51 Mon, May 26   NYY  W   6-1       25-25  4th  5.5 gb
 50 Sun, May 25  @TBR  L   4-5       24-25  5th  5.5 gb
 49 Sat, May 24  @TBR  L   4-11      24-24  4th  5.0 gb
 48 Fri, May 23  @TBR  L   0-2       24-23  3rd  5.0 gb
 47 Thu, May 22  @NYY  L   1-2       24-22  3rd  5.0 gb
 46 Wed, May 21  @NYY  L   0-8       24-21  3rd  4.0 gb
 45 Tue, May 20  @NYY  W  12-2       24-20  3rd  3.0 gb
 44 Sun, May 18   WSN  L   1-2       23-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:12-17
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 14, 2008 BAL  6  BOS  3        W:Daniel Cabrera (4-1), L: Craig Hansen (0-2), S: George Sherrill (15)
Tue, May 13, 2008 BAL  5  BOS  4        W:Jeremy Guthrie (2-3), L: Josh Beckett (4-3), S: George Sherrill (14)

Sun, Sep 09, 2007 BOS  3 @BAL  2        W:Josh Beckett (18-6), L: Chad Bradford (3-7), S: Jonathan Papelbon (35)
Sat, Sep 08, 2007 BAL 11  BOS  5        W:Jon Leicester (1-1), L: Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-12), S: none
Fri, Sep 07, 2007 BOS  4 @BAL  0        W:Jon Lester (4-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-15), S: none
Thu, Sep 06, 2007 BOS  7 @BAL  6        W:Clay Buchholz (3-0), L: Danys Baez (0-6), S: Jonathan Papelbon (34)
Sun, Sep 02, 2007 BOS  3  BAL  2        W:Jon Lester (3-0), L: Daniel Cabrera (9-14), S: Jonathan Papelbon (31)
Sat, Sep 01, 2007 BOS 10  BAL  0        W:Clay Buchholz (2-0), L: Garrett Olson (1-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 31, 2007 BAL  9 @BOS  8        W:Kurt Birkins (1-1), L: Julian Tavarez (7-10), S: Danys Baez (3)
Sun, Aug 12, 2007 BAL  6  BOS  3 (10)   W:Chad Bradford (1-4), L: Kyle Snyder (2-3), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - BAL leads 2-0; 2007 - BOS won 12-6; 2006 - BOS won 15-3; All-Time - BOS leads 1104-913

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC  5.63

LAD  4.47

SDP  3.55

RA/G

TOR  3.55

FLA  4.65

TEX  5.51

BA

C. Jones  .420

J. Hermida  .266

R. Weeks  .204

OBP

C. Jones  .500

K. Millar  .330

K. Greene  .262

SLG

L. Berkman  .758

E. Encarnacion  .422

J. Bartlett  .286

OPS

L. Berkman  1.228

J. Loney  .756

F. Sanchez  .574

ERA

E. Volquez  1.31

J. Suppan  3.93

B. Bonser  6.16

K/9IP

E. Volquez  11.03

N. Robertson  6.33

J. Garland  2.38

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Boston Red Sox Batters (4.98 RS/G) vs. Baltimore Orioles Pitchers (4.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 40.Cabrera
G/S/vB
34.Albers
G/S/vB
53.Bradford
G/S/vB
54.Cormier
G/S/vB
43.Johnson
G/S/vB
45.Sarfate
G/S/vB
52.Sherrill*
G/S/vB
32.Walker*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
22.Casey* G/S/vP 7/.715 ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 81/68 .356/.420/.452/.872 .724/.900 .718 22/.838 0/0 0/
36.Cash G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 59/45 .302/.356/.377/.733 1.238/.582 .891 21/.619 0/0 0/
13.Cora* G/S/vP 25/1.217 ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 31/26 .357/.419/.393/.812 1.550/.679 .840 26/.628 0/0 0/
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 13/.749 ··· 6/1.467 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 11/.819 125/99 .267/.301/.414/.715 .969/.651 .639 59/.756 6/0 2/
7.Drew* G/S/vP 12/.944 ··· 6/.900 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 5/.400 175/148 .282/.383/.409/.792 .808/.789 .845 82/.799 1/1 4/
46.Ellsbury* G/S/vP 10/1.300 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 193/158 .273/.377/.391/.768 .686/.787 .516 101/.709 20/2 4/
25.Lowell G/S/vP 17/1.529 ··· 9/.333 7/.429 2/1.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 153/126 .270/.320/.475/.795 .921/.769 .764 108/.913 0/1 6/
23.Lugo G/S/vP 22/.536 ··· 9/.444 5/1.800 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 174/147 .279/.347/.325/.671 .576/.689 .567 71/.725 6/3 0/
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 28/.629 1/.000 2/.000 2/3.000 1/2.000 ··· 8/.375 17/1.471 236/192 .249/.356/.473/.829 .535/.898 .696 113/1.022 0/0 12/
15.Pedroia G/S/vP 8/1.250 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 253/205 .284/.325/.392/.718 .674/.728 .627 117/.689 6/0 3/
24.Ramirez G/S/vP 16/.606 1/.000 15/1.266 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.750 5/2.000 222/190 .292/.378/.503/.881 .768/.900 .963 101/.712 1/0 9/
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 21/.777 ··· 20/1.017 2/.500 2/no AB ··· 2/2.000 14/.630 160/136 .268/.350/.472/.822 .913/.806 .733 81/.922 0/0 6/
20.Youkilis G/S/vP 20/1.138 ··· 6/1.100 3/1.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 217/188 .306/.369/.549/.918 1.245/.874 .940 94/1.010 2/2 9/
IP 73.0 36.0 17.0 11.1 29.1 21.1 22.2 15.2 TOTAL .282/.355/.441/.796 .821/.790 .745 .829 42/9 58/34
ERA-K/9 3.70/5.2 2.25/4.8 2.65/4.8 1.59/9.6 1.23/5.2 3.38/9.7 3.57/7.5 4.60/7.5 4.13/5.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Cash (21-4-7)
 Varitek (19-7-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 310/.236 149/.231 73/.288 43/.135 111/.143 95/.237 95/.188 75/.358 .253  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Drew
 Ellsbury
 Youkilis
 Lugo
48/0/0/4
0/39/0/3
0/0/42/3
21/26/10/2
0/0/1/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .709 .568 .702 .499 .389 .699 .610 .973 .724
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 181/.736 77/.498 25/.962 24/.442 50/.452 45/.789 31/.450 47/1.153 .739
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 129/.671 72/.642 48/.571 19/.563 61/.340 50/.612 64/.688 28/.631 .712
Home 106/.958 85/.493 38/.697 8/.393 51/.305 42/.798 52/.536 42/.574 .742
Last 28d days 145/.692 61/.647 29/.824 43/.499 60/.489 33/.649 45/.585 36/1.094
HR/SB/CS 10/11/2 1/1/1 1/0/1 1/2/0 0/1/1 1/3/1 2/2/0 3/1/0 53/48/13
Usage ····X··· ··X··X·· ·o·o··o· ··X··X·· ·oo·X··X ··o··X·· ··X·o·o· ·X·oo·o·
Baltimore Orioles Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 19.Beckett
G/S/vB
53.Aardsma
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
56.Hansen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
3.Bynum* G/S/vP 7/.533 1/4.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 54/48 .220/.264/.300/.564 .333/.595 .321 54/.564 0/1 0/
13.Cintron# G/S/vP 5/1.350 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 2/.000 18/10 .412/.444/.412/.856 .500/1.156 1.000 18/.856 0/1 0/
2.Hernandez# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 91/72 .241/.295/.253/.549 .463/.570 .643 29/.472 2/0 0/
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 24/.683 2/2.000 4/.833 3/2.000 2/3.000 2/.000 4/.500 12/1.017 155/129 .222/.253/.361/.614 .549/.628 .627 67/.585 0/0 4/
17.Huff* G/S/vP 25/.572 ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.800 4/.000 4/.000 18/.745 215/160 .244/.307/.437/.744 .533/.820 .748 101/.663 2/0 8/
10.Jones G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 192/153 .253/.302/.365/.667 .756/.645 .761 86/.591 4/1 2/
21.Markakis* G/S/vP 22/.864 1/no AB 6/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 7/.476 4/.000 7/1.286 221/165 .251/.367/.433/.800 .806/.797 .801 100/.748 7/2 9/
15.Millar G/S/vP 14/.500 1/3.000 5/.200 2/.000 2/.500 4/.500 4/.000 7/1.238 218/166 .241/.330/.393/.723 .718/.724 .852 99/.824 0/1 8/
6.Mora G/S/vP 13/1.077 ··· 5/.650 3/2.334 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 21/.838 213/167 .258/.313/.428/.741 1.041/.663 .787 89/.878 2/4 7/
16.Payton G/S/vP 24/.750 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.750 3/.666 5/.000 109/71 .238/.287/.376/.663 .816/.568 .615 56/.747 3/0 4/
24.Quiroz G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/39 .244/.320/.333/.653 .968/.540 .590 25/.522 0/0 1/
1.Roberts# G/S/vP 22/1.059 2/1.000 2/.500 1/no AB 7/.286 3/1.000 5/.400 14/.721 221/164 .271/.357/.427/.785 .793/.781 .869 93/.711 13/5 3/
30.Scott* G/S/vP 4/2.250 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 170/142 .247/.329/.440/.769 .494/.822 .968 70/.739 1/1 6/
IP 61.0 24.1 21.0 10.0 18.2 22.0 24.0 15.2 TOTAL .247/.317/.394/.711 .729/.706 .767 .702 34/16 53/33
ERA-K/9 4.43/9.6 2.96/7.8 5.14/6.9 7.20/6.3 3.38/5.8 0.82/7.8 2.25/10.9 6.89/3.4 4.08/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (35-10-2)
 Quiroz (13-3-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 247/.237 109/.218 95/.282 48/.256 80/.246 86/.192 95/.231 71/.333 .245  Markakis
 Scott
 Jones
 Payton
0/0/51/8
35/0/0/2
0/51/0/1
31/3/2/1
OPS .674 .694 .798 .775 .714 .552 .588 .922 .707
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 129/.624 47/.613 30/.578 19/.868 42/.701 32/.560 50/.578 31/1.062 .687
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 118/.729 62/.755 65/.906 29/.718 38/.721 54/.547 45/.599 40/.808 .721
Road 164/.633 51/.532 48/.731 23/.598 26/.763 45/.387 44/.758 44/.785 .689
Last 28d days 143/.763 42/.745 42/.718 40/.750 31/.591 44/.513 47/.585 36/.560
HR/SB/CS 10/2/2 1/2/0 2/3/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 2/0/1 2/2/0 3/2/0 51/40/11
Usage ·····X·· ··X···XX ··X··X·· ····X··X ····o··o ··XX···· ···X···o ··o·X·X·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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